David Gilkey, NPR
COVERING THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI
Visit the WHNPA member gallery for a sampling of the remarkable coverage of the Haitian earthquake and its aftermath by WHNPA members. Our thanks to David Gilkey, NPR; Gerald Herbert, AP; John Poole, NPR; and Jewel Samad, Agence France Presse, for sharing their extraordinary images. We will continue to add to the Haiti gallery as more photographs become available. Please note: there is a Flash slideshow and an HTML version for non-Flash enabled devices such as iphone.
Gerald Herbert, AP
John Poole, NPR
Jewel Samad, AFP
One last reminder — the contest entry deadlines are approaching. Be sure to visit our CONTEST INFO page for full details regarding eligibility, entry procedures, payment options, necessary forms.
Still Division contest deadline - 6:30 pm, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
TV contest - extended deadline - 11:59 pm, Friday, Feb., 5, 2010
If you have uploaded your video entries to the FTP site, be sure to also submit the additional entry form and payment confirmation before the deadline. Your entry will not be considered without the full documentation
Judging is open to the membership and general public, beginning on Friday night, Feb. 12, with an open membership meeting at National Geographic about 7p.m.
Saturday and Sunday judging starts approximately 8:30 -9 a.m.
Longtime WHNPA member, Harris Davis of NBC-TV, Wash. DC, recently passed away after complications from Dec. hip surgery.
His funeral is this Sat., Feb. 6 at 10 AM at:
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
12319 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Video folks - if you need to reach Doug Wilkes re TV Contest, the phone number in the RULES sheet was incorrect. His correct number is (202) 257-6173.
ATTENTION - WHNPA MEMBERS
A decision has been made to extend the deadline for TV entries one week
(Fri. Feb. 5, 11:59pm.). This is because some members were dispatched on
extraordinary news events in Haiti.
Please know the committee is working hard to accommodate these exceptional
circumstances.
Again, the NEW television deadline is now Friday, Feb., 5, 2010, at 11:59 pm.
All rules and eligibility requirements are on the whnpa web site:
www.whnpa.org
Judging is open to the membership and general public, beginning on Friday
night, Feb. 12 with an open membership meeting at National Geographic about
7p.m. Saturday and Sunday judging starts approximately 8:30 -9 a.m.
WHNPA at Dulles International Airport. “Washington DC Through Our Eyes”—White House News Photographers Association.
Travelers to and from Washington will have an opportunity to view a major exhibition by The White House News Photographer Association. Forty-four photographs with photographer’s credit are now on display in the halls of the C-Gates of the AeroTrain System. These gates support United Airlines and various foreign airlines serving Dulles. The photographs in this exhibit will rotate so other photographs from WHNPA members will be seen in the exhibition. Members will recall the solicitation for images for this exhibit by Heidi Elswick. Members should thank WHNPA president, John Harrington, Tara Hamilton, Public Affairs Manager, and Margaret Bishop, the exhibit project manager, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority for this exhibition.
Michael Horan stands in front of one of the photographs that he made which was selected for the Dulles Exhibition
photo/Dennis Brack
WHNPA members discuss their coverage of Obama’s first year in the White House. One year to the day that WHNPA members froze on the Inauguration stands at the US Capitol, fought the crowds on the Pennsylvania Avenue parade and Inaugural balls, the WHNPA and the National Press Club held a well attended panel discussion on the photographic coverage of the first year of the Obama administration. The panel members were: Steve Crowley, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Brooks Kraft, TIME, Jim Long, NBC, and Charles Dharapak, Associated Press.
To our WHNPA members, March brings the 5th annual DC Shoot Off workshop that provides educational programs for our military and civil service photography professionals. A three and half day event that begins Thursday evening with a portfolio review, Friday presentations and shoot off commencement, to Saturday editing and Sunday finals with judging and awards. This is a non-profit event. WHNPA members have volunteered as mentors, speakers, editors and judges from inception and we again call on your support. The dates are 11-14 March 2010 at the Navy League Building in Arlington, Virginia. We would love your support. Please contact Johnny Bivera, DC Shoot Off Executive Director & WHNPA Education Committee Member, at jbfoto@aol.com or check out the website at http://www.dcshootoff.com/
Thank you for your prompt attention to your renewal notices. I hope to have everything processed and your car cards and expiration stickers for your badges in the mail by tomorrow.
Contest deadline reminder: Tomorrow, January, 22,2010 is the deadline for NEW MEDIA entries. Friday, January 29, 2010 is the deadline for TELEVISION entries Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 is the STILLS deadline. Please …don’t wait until the last minute to enter, especially The TV contest, as new procedures have been put into place.
Visit http://www.whnpa.org/contestinfo for ALL the rules and requirements for all contests. Remember, you must be current with your membership dues (and meet other eligibility requirements) in order to enter the contests. Please ask the committee chairs if you have any questions. Please do not give entry fee checks to the contest committees. You may send a check to the WHNPA P.O. Box or use the PayPal option on the WHNPA web site.
Contest judging will be Feb. 13 & 14 at National Geographic —watch the web site for info about the membership meeting on Friday night, Feb. 12 at National Geographic.
Judging is open to the public.
Please welcome WHNPA’s newest members: Marc Allard, Matt Ford, Andrew Harrer, Claire O’Neill, Charlotte Richardson,. Perry Bindleglass, Jenna Pfueller and Luke Sharrett..
Finally, thank you to everyone who attended the WHNPA panel last night at The Press Club. What a wonderful turnout! Please let your leadership know if you have any ideas.
Contest rules and entry forms for the Still Division, Eyes of History Contest are now online.
Download the Rules and Entry Form PDF on the CONTEST INFO page of our website. The entry deadline is February 4 at 6:30 PM.
NOTE: Contest Rules/Entry form pdf file was updated Monday, Jan 11 - please download the newest version to submit with your contest entries.
Hello from Nikon Professional Services (NPS),
NPS is hosting a clean and check at four local DC locations during the week of Jan18-22.
Limited to three items per person. Example: one camera body and two lenses. You must RSVP using one of the links below, print and bring your ticket. When you RSVP, please provide a list with of what items you will bring for this event.
Please visit one of the following links for details.
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President Barack Obama speaks at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Obama: One Year Later
The White House News Photographer’s Association will highlight four award-winning visual journalists in a panel discussion highlighting their images and experiences in cover the first year of the Obama Administration. The panel will include: Stephen Crowley, Staff Photographer, New York Times; Charles Dharapak, Staff Photographer, Associated Press; Brooks Kraft, Photographer, Time Magazine; Jim Long, Videographer, NBC News, and Marvin Joseph, Staff Photographer of the Washington Post. The panel will be moderated by Paul Morse, former White House Deputy Director of Photography.
The event will take place at the National Press Club on January 20, 2010 from 7PM to 9PM. The program is free of charge. Maximum seating 120.
Standing in a steady rain, President Barack Obama greets family members of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks after speaking at the Pentagon Memorial marking the eighth anniversary of the attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama picks out a peach after a town hall meeting on health care in a Kroger supermarket in Bristol, Va. Photo by Brooks Kraft/Corbis
With a backdrop of Chagall stained glass, President Barack Obama visits a memorial for United Nations staff members killed in the line of duty at the United Nations in New York.Photo by Brooks Kraft/Corbis
President Barack Obama walks down the Cross Hall at the end of a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Photo by Brooks Kraft/Corbis
White House News Photographers Association, Washington, DC 